I'm not able to make it to the beach for the clam tides. It was a very nice day in Seattle yesterday and evening. I was hoping to hear of peoples escapades at the beach. I was hoping it was nice there for people that went.. take care JP.

Melanie and I went out to Mocrocks for Sunday's dig, terrible surf conditions, first time we haven't limited in years. Surf was way up, not many shows further up the beach and productive areas were never really exposed. I saw one other person with 3 clams (that's how many I had) and a couple with a clam or two. That was it! Melanie only had a single. Other then that 95% or more were clamless at 15 minutes before the low. That's when we bailed, surf kept rising as did the wind.Never seen it that bad as far as lack of clams, we would have saved ourselves the trip if we had checked the surf report. Strong southwesterly blow, rain at times. Fishermen we saw were fishless. Bob R

Friend of mine and his wife, dug.....worked hard......3 small clams !!!!

Glad I waited for later digs to start my clam digging experience after a "break of 40+ years".

The beaches are like ghost towns.

Going to try Twin Harbor tomorrow, Wed., and Thurs. Hope the surf lays down

Mocrocks and Twin Harbors:
Tuesday
W wind 22 to 24 kt, with gusts as high as 31 kt. Showers likely. W swell 15 ft at 14 seconds. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft.


Wed will be THE day to hit it.

Thanks, Doc

Been following the sea conditions forecast. We'll have three nights to try for limits

Bar reports are not pretty, either

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/marine/BarObs.php

We went tonight. A little windy but just 1 little shower.

Excellent digging for Mrs.fp and fp watching her dig.

fp

Didn't limit last night off Grayland Beach State Park, but the clams we got were nice sized. Surf was not what was predicted. Will be out again this evening and tomorrow.

Surf was good tonight, rain was pretty bad at times. Discovered a new leak in my waders somewhere in the crotch.... and I never waded that deep. It was ALL rainwater!

Got limits for our motley crew of two (just me and fp), but it WASN'T easy. Greatest diversity of the season in both clam bags. Looked at the clock as we drove off the beach... 7:45 pm!

eyeFISH managed to dig up our 2 limits tonight.

Wish I could have followed eyeFISH. We found some clams, but no limits. Shows were very subtle. Try again tonight.

eyeFISH

What kind of a lantern are you wearing? Looks like a Cat product. A lot easier to manage than a propane lantern.

bb, we both use them. They work.. Costco had/has them for around 30 bucks. Well worth it.

fp

http://www.ifish.net/board/showpost.php?p=14972058&postcount=687

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=sLBzHzU9IrE[/video]

Spot lighting clams is so unfair.

Thanks, eyeFISH

Costco item number is 962841.....Costco CAT 1100 Lumen LED Work Light & Charger....

Bad news....none in Tumwater or Lacey....

Had them do a search....Seattle area, stores in Oregon have them....I asked if they could transfer, if I paid, NOPE not something Costco does...

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Montana and Alaska....have them for $19.00, just saying....

We got ours at one of the Costco stores in Oly.

Mebbe 20 bucks, just can't remember.

fp

Tough digging for our team tonight. Wind and rain. Shows were hard to see. Still fun to be out there.

Same here, went to grayland and dug for 1.5 hours before a friend's six year got too cold. He toughed it out pretty well though.

Got a few between the five of us and found a clam bag. Worst digging I've had in a while... Still fun to be out in the elements though.

Problem solved.... SERIALLY.

WOW, do I look that good wearing mine?

fp

Thanks to all that posted. I wish I could have gone. Even with tough digging it's always memorable. Keep digging CLAM ON!!!

Almost.

Nice set up.
I would add the Simms Comfort Bungie though.
Flat cord and polymer hooks.
Made in Montana (of course).

Actually I made one more modification. Drilled through the aluminum frame so that the bungee secures to the bottom of the light for even greater stability.

Gonna hunt down some of those bungees with the plastic hooks. Thanks for the tip on the local source, DW.

eyeFISH

Our local Costco has a smaller version of your light with a two pack selling for $20. The lumen range is 250 or 500.

Do you use the full 1100 or is 500 sufficient?

I only use the 550 setting when I dig.

Curious to know how large a "spot" is illuminated by the smaller lights. Mine easily lights up a 12 ft circle.

Guess I'll make the investment and see how they work. If they don't do the job, I'll have a couple of small work lights.

Thanks

I have the smaller ones and they light things up well. The down side is they run on 4 AA batteries.

The double AA's would be a deal breaker for me.

Yeah, but I'm going to try them out. It's all they had at the moment.

Hanging on to a lantern would be a deal breaker for me....

I bought the Costco "LED Work Lights", at the Tumwater store. Instructions say on High(500 Lumens) 3 Hours and Low (250 Lumens) 6 hours.

The dark is now...Light!!!!!!!

The proposed razor clam digs, along with low tides and beaches, are listed below:

March 2, Friday, 6:54 p.m.; -0.8 feet; Mocrocks
March 3, Saturday, 7:34 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Mocrocks

March 16, Friday, 7:03 p.m.; +0.2 feet; Copalis, Mocrocks
March 17, Saturday, 7:36 p.m.; +0.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

April 19, Thursday, 9:46 a.m.; -0.9 feet; Mocrocks
April 20, Friday, 10:37 a.m.; -0.7 feet; Mocrocks
April 21, Saturday, 11:34 a.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks (digging hours will be extended to 1 p.m.)
April 22, Sunday, 12:38 p.m.; -0.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks (digging hours will be extended to 2 p.m.)

I'm out for Mar 3.... CCA Banquet night.

Melanie and I got one of those trick lights Francis reviewed, we,ll be out for March 2nd and 3rd to try it out, we have Herbie Hancock tickets for Seattle the night before. We have Friday off, Thank God!.

It's a GO!

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2095

Upcoming digs are scheduled on the following dates, beaches and low tides:

March 2, Friday, 6:54 p.m.; -0.8 feet; Mocrocks
March 3, Saturday, 7:34 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Mocrocks

fp

https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/mar0918a/

Next weekend is a GO!

The upcoming dig is approved on the following beaches, dates and evening low tides:

March 16, Friday, 7:03 p.m.; +0.2 feet; Copalis, Mocrocks
March 17, Saturday, 7:36 p.m.; +0.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks


fp

fp

Very nice.

Getting the "diggers" ready to fry right now. My clams weren't as consistently nice as FP's, but were good enough. I got to the tide really early, especially for a plus tide, and my first two clams were kinda' small. With a little more patience I found some good ones necking between surf surges. The nice picture of the two limits (of course I counted them, I'm an old Fishcop) somehow brought back a few memories - perhaps just my counting them did. In another life, when I was a Fishcop, many times I would sit at a distance and with good binoculars I saw people make several trips back and forth to their cars to stash a limit or more of clams. When it came time to check them after they were done digging, more times than not, when I searched their car, I found their drugs before I found their clams! Fun memories.